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hello I'm Emma from English in this
video I'm going to be sharing some of my
favorite English weather aliens now
don't forget to turn on the subtitles
right here once you've done that we're
ready to get started
so what's a medium idioms are English
expressions that are quite unique
because the meaning of the expression is
different to the individual meaning of
each word now
idioms exists in lots of different
languages but the reason that they can
be so difficult to understand and also
to learn to use is because of the
different meaning that you need to
understand it's also because most of the
time when you're trying to learn these
idioms you're looking in a book or
you're looking for a website that has a
list of hundreds and hundreds of idioms
and you just end up getting frustrated
and confused some of them I haven't even
heard of before the secret to learning
English idioms is to focus on idioms
that are relevant and that are often
used in everyday conversation like
everything idioms come in and out of
fashion
sometimes they're popular sometimes
they're not they're really dagi and no
one uses them anymore it depends on who
you are where you are your age and the
people that you hang out with idioms are
quite unique like that but there are a
group of really common idioms that are
used across native speaking countries
and to make it easier for you I've
chosen all of the idioms that I teach in
these lessons specifically because they
are
currently in youth they are used every
day I hear them all the time so you can
feel confident that they're worth
learning and it's worth spending your
time on these idioms so don't get your
knickers in a twist
don't get upset I'm going to teach you a
few really common English idioms right
here right now in this lesson let's get
going when I say the word weather what
kinds of ideas come into your head
I think of sunshine rain clouds storms
lightning thunder wind all sorts of
words and all of the idioms that I'm
going to teach you today use weather
words in some way okay the first one
under the weather to feel under the
weather now if you feel under the
weather you're not feeling very well at
all you might be sick like you might
have a cold or something like that you
feel not as healthy as you usually do
for example I said that I'd meet my
friends for dinner tonight but I'm
feeling a bit under the weather so I
don't think I'll go or you look a bit
under the weather today are you feeling
okay the second one when it rains it
pours so this idiom is used when
something goes wrong and a whole bunch
of things go wrong at the same time that
is the time to use this idiom so think
about this situation you're really busy
at work you've got three projects that
are due by the end of the day and your
colleague has just called in
to say they're not coming to work today
so they're not going to help you
complete the reports and the power has
just gone off in your building which
means you don't you're not able to use
your computer so you decide to take your
laptop and go to the local library and
work there so you go downstairs and you
go back to your car and you suddenly
realize that you've locked your keys
inside the car when it rains it pours
this is the perfect example of when it
rains it pours lots of things went wrong
at the same time so the problem felt
even bigger than it really was number
three
every cloud has a silver lining
okay so your friend is having some
problems maybe they lost their job or
their boyfriend broke up with them all
the girlfriend you can use this idiom to
help concert them to help make them feel
better it means that it's possible to
find a positive in a negative situation
no matter how difficult or how painful
it might feel at the time imagine if a
friend lost their job you could comfort
them with this idiom you could say I'm
really sorry that you lost your job but
you know every cloud has a silver lining
perhaps this will give you the
opportunity to work on your own business
for a while to get wind of something to
get wind of something means to hear
about something or to learn about
something mostly when what you hear is
actually supposed to be a secret
for example your colleague might say did
you hear the rumors about our CEO
resigning it means he quit his job and
you might say yeah I did get wind of
that yesterday do you think the rumors
are true come rain or shine if I say
that I'll be at a place come rain or
shine it means that I will definitely be
there
no matter what for example my cousin
said to me are you coming to my birthday
party on Saturday night and I told her
of course I am
come rain or shine I'll be there don't
worry so rain represents bad weather and
shine represents the Sun really good
weather nice weather so the idiom
suggests that it doesn't matter if it's
raining or if it's shining with some you
will be there no matter what the weather
to have your head in the clouds if
someone has their head in the clouds it
means that they're not focused on what's
happening around them they're not paying
attention to what's going on in the real
world they're stuck inside their own
heads they're thinking about their own
ideas their own thoughts their own
dreams their own fantasies perhaps like
a daydream for example you know I'd
really like to visit Canada over summer
this year get your head out of the
clouds mo we can't afford that it's too
expensive what's the answer to question
three huh oh um I don't know did you
head out of the clouds and I pay
attention
lightning fast now lightning fast just
means really really super fast and it
can be used with either time that that
moves quickly or the speed of something
that physically moves quickly for
example did you see that car it was
lightning fast I just couldn't believe
how early you left the room you finished
the exam lightning fast I haven't even
finished the second page to take a
raincheck
now this idiom means that you would like
to accept an offer from someone but you
can't do it right now and you want to
accept the offer at a later time so for
example if your friend said to you I've
got two fare tickets to the football
match tonight do you want to come and
I'd say yeah that sounds awesome
ah but it's my grandfather's birthday
tonight I can't can I take a rain check
and come some other time and lastly to
brighten up your day you know how good
it feels when you're outside in the
sunshine and it feels so warm on your
skin you feel so happy this is where
this idiom comes from something that
brightens up your day makes you feel
really positive and happy for example
you run into an old friend on the street
who you haven't seen in years that would
brighten up your day or if you were sick
in the hospital and a good friend came
to visit visit you that would brighten
up the day you'd say thanks for visiting
you really brightened up my day
so did you recognize any of those idiots
perhaps you've heard of a few of them
before but I hope that you learned a few
new ones as well if you want to keep
practicing English idioms then check out
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speakers that's all from me today but
I'm looking forward to seeing you in the
next lesson bye for now
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